Best Engineering Schools
Ranked in 2013 | Best Engineering Schools Rankings Methodology
Before you can make your mark as an engineer, you need to find the school that can best help you build your skills. With U.S. News's rankings of the top engineering schools, narrow your search by location, tuition, school size, and test scores.
| Rank | School name | Tuition | Total graduate engineering enrollment | Additional data |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #132 |
Wright State University
Dayton, OH |
$12,240 per year (in-state, full-time); $20,792 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 490 |
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| #94 |
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS |
$327 per credit (in-state, full-time); $738 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 496 | |
| #45 |
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN |
$42,350 per year (full-time) | 501 | |
| #89 |
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY |
$10,458 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,546 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 520 | |
| #67 |
University of California‒Riverside (Bourns)
Riverside, CA |
$14,646 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,102 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 534 | |
| #97 |
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC |
$12,010 per year (in-state, full-time); $24,534 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 534 | |
| #38 |
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY |
$1,340 per credit (full-time) | 547 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of Texas‒El Paso
El Paso, TX |
N/A | 548 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT |
$720 per credit (full-time) | 550 | |
| Rank Not Published |
University of Texas‒San Antonio
San Antonio, TX |
$260 per credit (in-state, full-time); $962 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 562 | |
| #17 |
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ |
$38,650 per year (full-time) | 574 | |
| #4 |
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA |
$38,084 per year (full-time) | 587 | |
| #105 |
University of Maryland‒Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD |
$510 per credit (in-state, full-time); $844 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 587 | |
| #105 |
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS |
$234 per credit (in-state, full-time); $619 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 591 | |
| #97 |
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS |
$330 per credit (in-state, full-time); $772 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 593 | |
| #102 |
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK |
$175 per credit (in-state, full-time); $654 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 597 | |
| #89 |
University of Nebraska‒Lincoln
Lincoln, NE |
$394 per credit (in-state, full-time); $992 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 599 | |
| #126 |
University of Louisville (Speed)
Louisville, KY |
$10,274 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,378 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 602 | |
| #102 |
Rochester Institute of Technology (Gleason)
Rochester, NY |
$35,976 per year (full-time) | 612 | |
| #87 |
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO |
$6,338 per year (in-state, full-time); $14,856 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 618 | |
| #85 |
Mississippi State University (Bagley)
Mississippi State, MS |
$6,264 per year (in-state, full-time); $15,828 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 622 | |
| #72 |
Tufts University
Medford, MA |
$26,428 per year (full-time) | 622 | |
| #51 |
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH |
$37,120 per year (full-time) | 633 | |
| #97 |
Louisiana State University‒Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, LA |
$5,875 per year (in-state, full-time); $21,263 per year (out-of-state, full-time) | 636 | |
| #105 |
CUNY‒City College (Grove)
New York, NY |
$10,180 per year (in-state, full-time); $750 per credit (out-of-state, full-time) | 654 |
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